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A01093 Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface. Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620. 1622 (1622) STC 11205; ESTC S121334 470,356 378

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sense_n in_o the_o same_o height_n of_o word_n nimirùm_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n quum_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o sanctus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la nos_fw-la homines_fw-la sanctificat_fw-la ac_fw-la deos_fw-la reddit_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v by_o nature_n both_o holy_a &_o god_n by_o sanctify_v we_o man_n make_v we_o become_v go_n 90._o so_o likewise_o dionysius_n salus_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la existere_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la ij_o qui_fw-la salutem_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la dij_fw-la fiant_fw-la a_o man_n can_v otherwise_o attain_v unto_o salvation_n then_o if_o he_o first_o be_v make_v a_o god_n which_o exaggeration_n of_o those_o father_n and_o scripture_n must_v not_o be_v expound_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n as_o though_o man_n can_v be_v make_v to_o be_v god_n indeed_o for_o that_o be_v a_o thing_n unpossible_a but_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o they_o be_v that_o by_o our_o imitation_n of_o god_n virtue_n and_o goodness_n we_o be_v make_v so_o 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si_fw-mi relicto_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la purum_fw-la aethera_fw-la perveneris_fw-la 129._o eris_n immortalis_fw-la deus_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la mortalis_fw-la when_o as_o our_o soul_n our_o body_n shall_v forsake_v and_o to_o the_o heaven_n they_o shall_v themselves_o betake_v then_o shall_v we_o be_v as_o god_n immortal_a be_v all_o incorrupt_a no_o long_o mortal_a man_n for_o we_o shall_v then_o enjoy_v god_n who_o be_v our_o very_a life_n 396._o as_o the_o prophet_n moses_n testify_v yea_o the_o life_n of_o our_o life_n our_o vita_fw-la vitalis_fw-la as_o the_o orator_n speak_v whereas_o this_o our_o present_a life_n 1._o be_v but_o vita_fw-la mortalis_fw-la a_o transitory_a and_o a_o mortal_a life_n but_o this_o say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n we_o know_v that_o if_o our_o earthly_a tabernacle_n be_v dissolve_v we_o have_v a_o building_n give_v we_o of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n but_o eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o say_v musonius_n that_o vir_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la civis_fw-la vrbis_fw-la jovis_fw-la quae_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o dijs_fw-la that_o he_o which_o be_v a_o good_a 234._o man_n shall_v be_v a_o citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o city_n common_a unto_o god_n with_o man_n which_o be_v a_o probable_a aim_v at_o the_o heavenly_a i●rus●lem_n which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n be_v describe_v unto_o us._n i_o see_v the_o holy_a city_n 3._o new_a jerusalem_n come_v down_o from_o god_n out_o of_o heaven_n praepare_v as_o a_o bride_n trim_v for_o her_o husband_n and_o i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n out_o of_o heaven_n say_v behold_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o god_n be_v with_o man_n and_o he_o will_v dwell_v with_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o people_n and_o god_n himself_o will_v be_v their_o god_n with_o they_o upon_o which_o our_o cohabitation_n with_o god_n 432._o tully_n say_v that_o we_o be_v deorum_fw-la quasi_fw-la gentile_n the_o countryman_n of_o the_o god_n nay_o generis_fw-la divini_fw-la the_o kinsman_n of_o the_o god_n as_o he_o add_v in_o that_o place_n of_o their_o own_o generation_n as_o aratus_n speak_v 28._o and_o therefore_o tully_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o state_n of_o god_n and_o virtuous_a man_n after_o this_o present_a life_n he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v among_o the_o god_n qui_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la 119._o vitam_fw-la sunt_fw-la imitati_fw-la deorum_fw-la he_o ad_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la profecti_fw-la facilis_fw-la reditus_fw-la patet_fw-la such_o as_o have_v live_v the_o life_n of_o a_o god_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v a_o easy_a passage_n unto_o god_n because_o from_o he_o they_o have_v descend_v so_o that_o god_n call_v those_o man_n to_o live_v with_o he_o in_o heaven_n with_o who_o he_o himself_o have_v live_v upon_o earth_n now_o the_o way_n whereby_o they_o ascend_v up_o 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not_o join_v they_o can_v neither_o of_o they_o profit_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la prodest_fw-la exercere_fw-la virtutes_fw-la 42._o nisi_fw-la noveris_fw-la creatorem_fw-la say_v s._n hierom_n nec_fw-la dei_fw-la veneratio_fw-la proficit_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la conditort_v impleveris_fw-la it_o profit_v nothing_o to_o exercise_v virtue_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o it_o profit_v as_o little_a to_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n without_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n we_o must_v therefore_o join_v theorical_a and_o practical_a virtue_n together_o 7._o and_o by_o they_o as_o by_o two_o leg_n ascend_v into_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o true_a paradise_n where_o man_n blessedness_n dwell_v as_o stobaeus_n allege_v out_o of_o sophocles_n in_o jovis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la hortis_fw-la beata_fw-la felicitas_fw-la 552._o the_o paradise_n of_o god_n heaven_n only_o be_v the_o only_a happy_a place_n of_o perfect_a bliss_n and_o unto_o this_o 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heathen_n do_v confess_v that_o god_n himself_o be_v man_n true_a happiness_n and_o the_o rich_a reward_n of_o all_o true_a godliness_n as_o s._n augustine_n true_o teach_v 1488._o deus_fw-la est_fw-la cultus_fw-la svi_fw-la merces_fw-la god_n be_v the_o true_a recompense_n of_o his_o own_o service_n and_o beda_n 571._o likewise_o unto_o the_o same_o purpose_n praemium_fw-la virtutis_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la virtutem_fw-la dedit_fw-la our_o best_a reward_n of_o virtue_n be_v even_o he_o himself_o who_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o virtue_n yea_o and_o this_o even_o god_n himself_o profess_v of_o himself_o for_o he_o tell_v abraham_n that_o he_o be_v his_o buckler_n and_o his_o exceed_a great_a reward_n now_o if_o god_n be_v both_o the_o giver_n of_o virtue_n and_o the_o rewarder_n of_o virtue_n with_o felicity_n yea_o and_o felicity_n itself_o 1._o which_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n then_o must_v there_o needs_o be_v a_o god_n but_o the_o former_a of_o these_o be_v prove_v both_o by_o holy_a scripture_n and_o by_o heathen_a writer_n and_o therefore_o the_o latter_a follow_v chap._n 9_o the_o mathematics_n show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 2._o and_o more_o
help_n but_o yet_o only_o as_o god_n inferior_a and_o ministerial_a instrument_n nature_n may_v plant_v it_o art_n may_v prune_v it_o industry_n may_v water_v it_o but_o 7._o as_o the_o apostle_n paul_n teach_v we_o neither_o be_v he_o that_o plant_v any_o thing_n nor_o yet_o he_o that_o water_v but_o only_o god_n that_o give_v the_o increase_n and_o he_o that_o give_v the_o increase_n unto_o plant_n be_v he_o that_o give_v the_o increase_n unto_o virtue_n which_o be_v his_o heavenly_a plant_n as_o even_o homer_n acknowledge_v jupiter_n virtutem_fw-la viris_fw-la augetque_fw-la 20._o minuítque_fw-la prout_n quidem_fw-la voluerit_fw-la 742._o god_n give_v virtue_n his_o increase_n and_o lessen_v it_o even_o as_o he_o please_v and_o therefore_o 134._o it_o be_v confess_v with_o one_o mouth_n by_o all_o the_o heathen_a 109._o that_o it_o be_v god_n 14._o that_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o virtue_n unto_o man_n 4._o which_o be_v the_o second_o branch_n of_o our_o first_o position_n simonides_n say_v express_o that_o nemo_n sine_fw-la dijs_fw-la virtutem_fw-la accepit_fw-la neque_fw-la vrbs_fw-la neque_fw-la homo_fw-la that_o neither_o man_n nor_o city_n without_o god_n special_a grace_n can_v ever_o attain_v to_o virtue_n so_o likewise_o pindarus_n boni_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la solo_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la man_n be_v make_v both_o wise_a and_o good_a only_o by_o the_o help_n of_o god_n so_o likewise_o theognis_n nemo_fw-la hominum_fw-la neque_fw-la malus_fw-la sine_fw-la numine_fw-la neque_fw-la bone_fw-la there_o be_v no_o man_n make_v either_o good_a or_o bad_a but_o only_o by_o god_n according_a to_o that_o of_o solomon_n that_o god_n have_v make_v all_o thing_n for_o himself_o yea_o even_o the_o wicked_a for_o the_o day_n of_o evil_a and_o yet_o be_v not_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o man_n wickedness_n because_o he_o make_v they_o not_o evil_a inserendo_fw-la malitiam_fw-la 160._o but_o only_o subtrahendo_fw-la gratiam_fw-la as_o aquinas_n distinguish_v not_o by_o insert_v into_o any_o man_n the_o motion_n of_o sin_n but_o by_o withhold_v his_o grace_n which_o be_v the_o bridle_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v withdraw_v man_n rush_v violent_o of_o themselves_o like_o untamed_a horse_n into_o all_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n but_o though_o god_n give_v not_o vice_n inserendo_fw-la malitiam_fw-la yet_o give_v he_o virtue_n inserendo_fw-la gratiam_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o roman_n as_o saint_n augustine_n observe_v do_v consecrate_v virtue_n for_o one_o of_o their_o god_n 252._o thereby_o plain_o acknowledge_v that_o virtue_n be_v of_o god_n yea_o the_o free_a gift_n of_o god_n as_o saint_n augustine_n there_o affirm_v virtutem_fw-la quoque_fw-la deum_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la quae_fw-la quia_fw-la dea_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la donum_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la impetretur_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la solo_fw-la dari_fw-la potest_fw-la they_o have_v name_v virtue_n for_o one_o of_o their_o go_n which_o because_o it_o be_v no_o god_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n it_o must_v only_o of_o he_o be_v seek_v who_o have_v only_a power_n to_o give_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o god_n who_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o chief_a philosopher_n be_v the_o only_a bestower_n of_o all_o virtue_n anax●goras_n say_v that_o mens_fw-la which_o be_v his_o word_n for_o god_n be_v 193._o bonirectique_fw-la causa_fw-la the_o cause_n of_o all_o goodness_n and_o so_o likewise_o proclus_n quicquid_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o salutare_fw-la competit_fw-la animabus_fw-la causam_fw-la a_o dijs_fw-la definitam_fw-la habet_fw-la whatsoever_o be_v good_a and_o healthful_a to_o the_o soul_n it_o have_v his_o cause_n define_v and_o appoint_v of_o god_n yea_o and_o he_o add_v there_o also_o the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n virtutum_fw-la omnium_fw-la corporaliúmque_fw-la bonorum_fw-la velut_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la roboris_fw-la institiae_fw-la temperantiae_fw-la exemplaria_fw-la plato_n probat_fw-la procedere_fw-la penès_fw-la deum_fw-la plato_n 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iniustis_fw-la revocans_fw-la and_o this_o we_o may_v evident_o see_v in_o the_o scripture_n by_o diverse_a notable_a example_n 6._o for_o when_o abimelech_n intend_v to_o have_v corrupt_v abraham_n wife_n 3●_n god_n withhold_v he_o from_o it_o and_o when_o david_n intend_v to_o have_v destroy_v nabal_n god_n withhold_v he_o from_o it_o and_o opheus_n in_o his_o hymn_n unto_o venus_n by_o who_o he_o understand_v divine_a and_o heavenly_a love_n he_o make_v a_o prayer_n unto_o she_o to_o withhold_v his_o mind_n from_o all_o filthy_a and_o vicious_a love_n o_o dea_n nam_fw-la ubíque_fw-la habes_fw-la audiendi_fw-la acumen_fw-la 390._o exaudi_fw-la &_o laboriosam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la meae_fw-la viam_fw-la dirigas_fw-la tuis_fw-la o_o veneranda_fw-la iustissimis_fw-la telis_fw-la profanarum_fw-la extinguens_fw-la horrendam_fw-la libidinem_fw-la cupiditatum_fw-la o_o goddess_n hear_v for_o thou_o can_v whatever_o where_o i_o pray_v direct_v i_o by_o thy_o righteous_a help_n in_o my_o life_n tedious_a way_n quench_v profane_a and_o fearful_a lust_n that_o lead_v my_o mind_n astray_o he_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o withhold_v he_o because_o he_o can_v not_o withhold_v himself_o and_o so_o 7._o when_o achilles_n intend_v to_o have_v kill_v agamemnon_n pallas_n withhold_v he_o from_o it_o as_o homer_n also_o testify_v by_o that_o fiction_n imply_v this_o unfeigned_a truth_n that_o it_o be_v god_n which_o withhold_v we_o from_o evil_a as_o well_o as_o which_o help_v we_o in_o good_a both_o which_o point_v together_o we_o may_v evident_o see_v in_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o pharisee_n 12._o o_o god_n i_o thank_v thou_o that_o i_o be_o not_o as_o other_o man_n be_v extortioner_n unjust_a adulterer_n here_o be_v the_o vice_n from_o which_o god_n have_v withhold_v he_o and_o for_o which_o he_o thank_v he_o he_o proceed_v on_o unto_o those_o virtue_n wherewith_o god_n have_v adorn_v he_o i_o fast_a twice_o in_o the_o week_n and_o i_o give_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o i_o 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